ALL IS FORGIVEN, COME HOME
(Candy Hemphill Christmas / Joel Hemphill)

Karen Froude - 2000

Also recorded by: Candy Hemphill Christmas; The Greenes.


I gathered my treasures and followed the road
With glamourous visions in mind
I left some hearts aching, who'd loved me so strong
I had new pleasures to find

The treasures were wasted
And pleasures I tasted were bitter to me in the end
And soulless I sought, I woke up and thought
I heard a sweet voice on my way

Saying, "All is forgiven, come home
All is forgiven, come home
The Father's anxiously waiting, and watching the road
All is forgiven, come home"

If you are someone who wandered away
Leaving more love than you found
Greener pastures glowing that caused you to stray
Along the road leading down

There is someone who's love is forever
He's the essence of mercy and grace
Sweetly a small voice is speaking within
Listen and you'll hear him say

"All is forgiven, come home
All is forgiven, come home
The Father's anxiously waiting, and watching the road
All is forgiven, come home"

Come home, come home
Ye who are weary, come home
The Father's anxiously waiting, and watching the road
All is forgiven, come home
All is forgiven, come home
All is forgiven, come home


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - July 2005)